The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-05-30
MONDAY. MAY 80. 1887.
WHAT ARE YOU GROWING AB0uT9

lows growing about! what do you
want, anyhow? Are you trying to
get into office yourselves? You are
just like hungry dogs, and would
stop your barking If bone or bit
of meat were thrown to you. You
are missionaries, and nothing will
satisfy you but missionary gov
ernment. The present government
is the best the country has ever had,
and you had better be satisfied with
it, for you will get no change.
Nobody cares for your newspaper
talk"
The foregoing is little speech
which was delivered by Govern
ment spy to the editor of this paper,
this morning. The gentleman is
usually self-possessed, non-com-
initial, and apparently unconcerned
about public matters. On this oc-
casion, however, he forgot himself,
lost his temper, and tried to keep
up his courage by little boisterous
talk, which would be more apparent
to readers if the speech had been
reported precisely as delivered. The
general sense has been preserved,
but few trebly-underlined adjec-
tives omitted, for the sake of de-
ccncy. AS this gentleman repre-
sents the ruling faction, in whose
interest he was speaking, we deem
it expedient to make brief review
of his speech.
We would remark, in the first
place, that his concluding sentence,
"that nobody cares for the news
paper talk" is palpable false
hood; for if true, why should our
friend get so excited about that
"talk?" When a man gets rufiled
by newspaper talk" it is evident
that he, at least, ''cares" about it,
and if he cares about it, it is rea-
sonable to assume that his friends
are affected in similar way.
With regard to the admonition to
be satisfied with the Government as
it is, ON the ground that no change
can be effected, we would refer back
to an article which appeared in this
paper q few weeks ago, bearing
upon this same subject, and reite.
rate what we then said: three
courses are open to us, to bend, tC
break, or to conquer. The first we
most positively decline, the second
has not yet come to pass, and the
third we shall most assuredly
achieve, or "break" in the attempt.
None but fool or knave
would dare say that "the present
government is the best the country
has ever had" and the uttercr Of
this sentence is certainly much moro
of the latter than of the former
There was time when the govern
ment of this country was as pur'
and honorable as the purest ant
most honorable, though perhaps les'
liberal than any we should evel
desire to see in power again. Bu
the government of the past few
years, up to the present, is the most
shamelessly corrupt and dishonor
able that ever cursed any portion OF
Gods earth. Surely it is not neces
sary to again recapitulate the long
list of disgraceful misdoings, will
the notorious opium bribe cappins
the whole!
We are not missionaries, a.
charged, and have no connection
with those honorable men; neithe
do we desire missionary govern
ment. The mission of missionarie
is to preach the Gospel, and not tt
trouble about political matters. Let
it be understood, however, that oul
experience of missionaries in this
country, both Protestant and Catho-
lie, has been of an agreeable nature.
We have invariably found them tC
be good, earnest, and honest men
Sorry we cannot bear the same tes'
timony of many of those who speal
disrespectfully of them. Moreover
the missionary power, which at ont
time directed the government o.
this country, disappeared long ago
and has never controlled public
affairs since DR.. Hutchinson became